This is what good wine from the Babić grape tastes like

Babić is an indigenous Croatian grape that can produce deep red wines with intense flavors of peppery cherry fruit and soft tannins. But Babić is finicky: it needs a good vineyard and a winemaker who knows how to handle the pruning shears.

Babić grows on Croatia's Adriatic coast. It's an ancient grape variety related to the much better-known Plavac Mali. It thrives in arid vineyards where the warm Mediterranean wind blows. Here, the roots have to fight for every drop of water, and the Babić juice ripens and concentrates. The wine is then powerful enough to be aged in oak barrels, creating a beautiful wine in your glass.